Families portraid in Roddy Doyles books. A comparrison of the snapper, "The Commitments", "The Snapper and The Van"

Why do we hear so much about family these days? Perhaps it is because
relationships between family members are assumed to be the prototype for all other
social relations. In the novels, The Commitments, The Snapper and The Van, Roddy
Doyle shows his support of the family as an institution. Each character demonstrates
strength and direction within the family unit. However, when the stability of the family
is threatened, each character breaks down along with the family itself.
When we think of family life we associate happiness, a life of sharing memories
and developing unbreakable fr…